Beater for threshing-machines.



PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905.

J. HOVEY. BE-ATER FOR THRBSHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1904.

I 5 VH7 J'B U/Z yiafy UNITED STATES Patented J anuary10, 1 905.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH HOVEY, OF FLORIDA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD HUBER, OFMARION, OHIO.

BEATER FOR THRESHING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,939, dated January10, 1905.

Application filed August 25, 1904. Serial No. 222,127.

[ all whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, J OSEPH HOVEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Florida, in the county of Henry and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Beaters forThreshing-Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in beaters forthreshing-machines.

The object of the invention is to provide a beater forthreshing-machines which will elevate, separate, and move the straw andgrain along, means being provided whereby the straw is prevented frombecoming wrapped upon the wings or blades of the beater.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will bestrong and durable in construction, efficient in operation, and welladapted to the purpose for which it is intended.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointedout in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a beaterconstructed in accordance with the invention, and Fig. 2 is a verticaltransverse sectional view of the same.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the beater, whichconsists of two or more longitudinally-disposed wings or blades 2 and 3,there being four of said blades shown in the present instance. The wings2 are in the form of solid blades and arranged at diametrically oppositepoints, while the wings 3 are arranged diametrically opposite to eachother and midway between the wings 2. The blades 4 of the wings 3 arenarrower than the blades of the wings 2, and on theouter edges of thesame are secured fingers or spikes 5. The combined length of the bladeportion 4L and the fingers 5 makes the length of the wings 3 equal tothat of the wings 2. The inner edges of the blades of the wings 2 and 3are secured to a central hub 6 in any suitable manner, said hub beinghere shown as a casting having radially-disposed flanges 7, in which areformed grooves or channels 8, into which are inserted the inner edges ofthe blades, which are held therein by means of bolts or screws 9. On theouter ends of the hub 6 are formed stud shafts or spindles 10, by whichsaid beater is journaled in the frame of the thresher, The fingers orspikes 5 may be arranged any suitable distance apart, but are preferablyspaced at six inches along the outer edge of the blades 3.

In providing each alternate or certain of the blades of the beater withfingers or spikes the straw will be more efiectually elevated and movedby the beater, while the interposing of solid blades between thefingered blades will prevent the straw from becoming wrapped around thewings of the beater and will thus keep the fingers or spikes of theother blades clean.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings,

the construction and operation of the invention will be readilyunderstood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A revoluble beater for threshing-machines, having radial blades, eachalternate blade being solid, and each intervening blade having a solidinner portion of less width than the first-mentioned blades and spikesprojecting from the outer sides of said solid inner portion, thecombined width of the solid inner portion of each intervening blade andthe length of each of its spikes being equal to the width of each of thefirst-mentioned blades, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH HOVEY. Witnesses:

F. B. LEONHARDT, O. B. DAVIS.

